I want to take a break from all the dust and debris of our house and show you some of the other wonderful parts of our house, namely, our wonderful neighborhood. My favorite part of our house isn't even on our property. In fact, it's across the street. Our house is located across from a designated open lands. There is a creek, a hill with wonderful trails, and plenty of deer.
I've been taking advantage of the trails and hiking them almost every day. From the very top of the hill I can see Oakland, the Bay Bridge, Mt. Tam and even San Francisco. On the north side, I can see Terra Linda (the community to the north), the Civic Center (the Frank Lloyd Wright one), and my parents house in Napa. Just kidding on the last one! Travis is always disappointed that he never sees rockets blasting off from the Civic Center, since Ethan Hawke claimed to watch them take off from that very same building in the movie Gattica.
Having a hiking trail right out our front door makes our location even better. I make all of our visitors hike the trail at least once. I think they appreciate it as much as I do.
